Sean Manley-Casimir is executive director of the 501c3 nonprofit Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC). CONAHEC connects over 160 member higher education institutions of various types, sizes and profiles, all sharing interest in collaborating with North American institutions. This includes Affiliate Members institutions from outside the North American region in addition to a strong core of members in the USA, Mexico and Canada. CONAHEC serves as a vehicle through which they can collaborate to address humanity’s most important challenges; internationalize while strengthening their local and regional relationships; and provide high quality and continuously improving the opportunities they provide their students and communities through study, teaching and learning, research and extension activities.